Shoe.



F. W. HUMAN.

l SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. l0. 1917.

L o Patented Juil@ 1l, 1918.

y. l C-orneez/K l "FRANKW IIoNAN, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

meneer. i 'l To all whom it may Concern Be it known that I, FRANK W.HOMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at P hiladelphia, in thecounty of Philadelphia, State of Peimsylvania, have invented a certainnew and useful Improvement in Shoes, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.1 i

The invention has relation in general to f shoes and the like, and moreparticularly to light shoes or slippers intended for housewear. Its mainobject is to provide in convenient and practical manner for theattachment of covered heels to that line of footwear.

The invention nds application in the manufacture of footwear havingcovered heels that are secured in place against the outer surfaces ofthe soles, as contradistinguished from spring-heel footwear. It isespecially applicable in the manufacture of shoes or slippers of theclass having soles covered with gusset-leather or other coverings.

The invention consists, stated in general terms, in a shoe or slipperhaving a covered heel and with the upper margin of the heelcoveringextending upward so as to inclose the edge of the heel-seat of the sole,and characterized by having the said margin lo cated externally of theseam or line of fastening uniting upper and sole together, and fastenedaround the said edge. In the case of a shoe having a covered sole, thesaid upper margin is fastened to the sole-covering around the edge ofthe heel-seat, and preferably, though not necessarily in all cases, bythe same seam which also unites the covering and lining of the soletogether externally of the inturned 'seam uniting upper and soletogether.

The invention is illustrated in the drawin s, in which,

igure l is a side elevation of the greater portion of a house-shoe orslipper, with a Y HOE.

i Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jun@ lill., llillll.

l vApplication filed March 10, 1917. Serial No. 153,875.

Fig. 4 is a view of the parts shown in Fig. 2, but before the uppermargin of the heelcovering has been trimmed away close to the fasteningseam las in Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a view showing a covered heel, looking at the breast-endthereof.

"The .drawings represent thecharacter of the covered heels in connectionwith which,

- ordinarily, the invention is carried into ef- .fect. The heel shown inthe drawings com prises a body composed of a filling l of suitableheight, in this instance made up of several lifts, a covering 2surrounding the edge. of the said filling at back, sides, and breast,and a top-lift 3. As shown, the lower marginal portions of the coveringlap over upon the face of the said body to which the top-lift isapplied. Usually, such porH tions are fastened to the said face, as bycement. The top margins 3, Fig. 1, of those portions of the coveringwhich are applied to the breast of the heel-body are lapped over uponthat face of the heel-body which comes next to the sole. Around the backand sides, the upper margin 3b of the covering extends upwardly abovethe body 1.

The manner of fastening the upstanding upper margin 3b of theheel-covering to the edge of the sole, after the seat-face of thecovered heel has been applied against the external face of the heel-seatportion of the sole, may vary in practice. In the illustrativeembodiment, in which the covered heel is applied to a covered sole, thesame seam, 4:, which unites the margin of the outer covering 5 of thesole 6 with the margin of the sole-lining 7 around the edge of the saidsole, serves also to eect the said fastening of the upper margin of theheel-coverin 2 to the edge of the sole. In the case of the saidembodiment, the covering 5, sole 6, lining 7,

and covered heel are assembled together,"

and are combined together by means of the seam 4.-,'prior to theirconnection with the upper 8 of the shoe or slipper. In the case of ashoe or slipper of the type of that shown in the drawings, in which theshoe or slipper is turned after the sole with heel attached has beenconnected with the upper by means of a seam 9 joining together theedge-portions of the sole-covering, sole-lining, and upper, the saidseam is inturned in the turned shoe or slipper, andthe seam 4 is locatedexternally of such seam 9.

What is claimed as the invention is l, A shoe having a covered heel,with the ilo CIK

upper margin of the heel-covering extending upward so as to inolose theedge of the heel-seat of the sole, and with the said Inargin locatedexternally of the seam uniting upper and sole together, and fastened tothe sole around the said edge. p

2. A shoe having a covered sole, and also havin a covered heel with theupper margin of the heel-covering extending upward so as to inclo'sethe' edge. of the heel-Seat of the sole, and with the said marginlocated eaternall)7 of the seam uniting upper and' sole together andfastened to the sole-covering` around the said edge.

3. A shoehaving the upper thereof united to the sole by an inturnedseam, with said tending upward so as inolose the edge of the heel-seatof the sole, and With the said Inarginfastened to the sole-coveringaround the said edge hy a seam which also unites thesole-ooveringandlining together externally of the nturned seam unitingupper and sole together. Y p

Inftestiinony whereof I my Signature inpresence of two Witnesses..` p

FRANK W. JHOMAN.

`VVitneeses:

JOHN HOMAN, J. C. MATTERN.

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